Motorcyclist Killed After Colliding With Big Rig On 22 Freeway In Orange

ORANGE (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed Thursday morning when he crashed into a big rig truck on the Garden Grove (22) Freeway.

Terry Franklin Jr. of Orange was riding a green 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R at a high rate of speed on the eastbound lanes when he collided with the left rear of a tractor-trailer truck at about 4 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials said.

Franklin was thrown onto the main lanes of freeway, east of The City Drive, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the CHP.